Crate for carboys, &amp;c.



No. 745,015. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903. E. G. HOWE.

CRATE PoR ARBOYS, dw. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1901.

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UNTTnn STATES Patented November 24, 1903.

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CRATE FOR CARBOYSj SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No.745,015, dated November 24, 1903i. i

Application led March 25, 1901. Serial No. 52,665. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ELBRIDGE G. Hown, a citizen of the United States,residing at Millbury, in the county of Vorcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Crates forCarboys and Similar Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a crate for carboys embodying myinvention. Fig. 2isa central sectional vertical view.` Fig. 3 is a planview with the upper section of the crate removed. Fig. 4is an enlargeddetailed view of the latch by which the upper and lower sections of thecrate are united, and Fig. 5 is a detached view of one of the clamps forclamping the upper and lower sections of the crate together.

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My invention relates to a crate designed to inclose a carboy or demijohnor similar receptacle and protect the same during shipment; and theobject of my invention is to provide a safe and strong shipping-cratedivided at its central portion into an upper and lower section, whichare capable of being separated for the removal of the carboy; and itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafterdescribed, and set forth in the annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1, 2, 3, and 4 denote thevertical corner-posts of my improved crate, to which the bars 5 areattached by nails or screws, forming a rectangular framework adapted toinclose the carboy or demijohn and provided at various points of contactwith rubber blocks or cushions G, attached to the crate and arranged tobear against the receptacle contained therein. The corner-posts 1 2 3 4are divided at their central sections on oblique lines, the division ofthe posts 1 2 being denoted by the lines 7 and S, Fig. 2, and thedivision of the posts 3 and 4 being denoted by the broken lines 9 10,Fig. 1, forming upper Sections 11 and lower sections 12. Thecorner-posts are so divided on oblique lines that the inner sides of thelower section 12 are the highest, and the oblique ends of the lowersection form, with the connecting-bars da, triangular spaces adapted tovreceive the triangular ends of the upper section 11. The surfaces 13 ofthe lower section 12 form seats for the lower ends of the upper section11, upon which they rest and are held inposi tion by the obliquesurfaces 13, the bars Gn and 6b.

Each of the posts 2 and 4 at diagonally opposite corners of the crateare provided with alatch consisting of a steel strip 14 attached to thelower section 12 of the posts and having a shoulder 15 adapted to beengaged by a shoulder 16 upon an elastic spring 17, which is attached tothe upper section 11 of the posts, the two engaging members of the latchhaving beveled surfaces 1S and 19, which are adapted to slide over eachother as the upper section of the crate is placed in position on thelower section. An opening 2O is provided in the side bar Ge to enablethe latches to be disengaged when it is desired to remove the uppersection of the crate. In addition to the latches attached to the posts 2and 4 the upper and lower sections of the crate are held together bymeans of clamps 21, extending across the inner sides of the bars 6b and6, with their ends bent at right angles at 22 to overlap the edges ofthe bars and hold them together. A bolt 23 passes through one of theclamping-bars and carries a nut 24, by which the clamp 21 is held inposition. In order to separate the upper section of the crate from thelower, the clamp 21 is loosened by unscrewing the nut 24 until the bentends 22 are released from the bars Gb and 6 and the elastic latches 17are disengaged, thereby releasing the upper section of the crate andallowing it to be lifted from the lower section. When the upper sectionof the crate is placed in position, the latches 17 slip over and engagethe shoulder 15 of the steel strip 14, thereby locking the upper andlower sections of the corner-posts 2 and 4 together, and the clamps 21are tightened by screwing the nuts 24 upon the bolts I Vhat I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The withindescribed crate comprising cornenposts divided at theircentral sections on oblique lines with the inner sides of said posts thehighest connecting-bars across the IOO oblique ends of said postsforming triangular on the upper section, bars connecting the spaces onone section of the crate to receive posts on the upper section andclamps inclosthe ends of the posts on the other section and ing thesides of said post-connecting bars, means for attaching the sections ofthe crate whereby the upper and lower sections areheld I5 together,substantially as described. together, substantially as described.

2. Aeentrally-divided crate havingcorne'r- Dated this 14th day o fMarch, 1901. posts divided on oblique lines With the inner sides of theposts th'e highest, bars`connect- ELBR'IDGE G' HOWE' in g said posts onthe lower section and inclos- Vitnesscs: v 1o ing with said oblique endstriangular spaces RUFUS B. FOWLER,

forming' seats for the oblique ends of the posts FLORENCE C. COOK.

